BRISTLY

barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny

(adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; “a horse with a short bristly mane”; “bristly shrubs”; “burred fruits”; “setaceous whiskers”

bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish

(adjective) very irritable; “bristly exchanges between the White House and the press”; “he became prickly and spiteful”; “witty and waspish about his colleagues”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

bristly (comparative bristlier, superlative bristliest)

Covered with bristles.

Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.

Anagrams

• trilbys

Source: Wiktionary

Bris"tly, a.

Definition: THick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough. The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat bristly. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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